Saturday, May 23, 2009
19:04 by FoxTwo
What I have come to realise is that, there is a fundamental difference between the 2 formats - DVD+R and DVD-R, when it comes to producing a DVD-Video disk (those that you can play on a DVD player).
For the most part, and for most uses, there is functionally no difference between the 2 formats.
However, on my BENQ 1670 drive, the formats made a big difference when burning a DVD-Video disk. Those that are burnt on a DVD+R disk, even at 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x speed, does not play well on my DVD player. Midway through a movie, it would start to stall, and skip minutes of the movie due to the stalling. Sometimes it would introduce visual artifacts onto the screen. This made me worry that I might have a dirty lens and I cleaned it. It didn't help
However on a DVD-R disk, the video plays smooth, even at 16x burn speed. You can bet I was surprised, since functionally, there should be NO DIFFRENCE to an end-user.
Looking up tech websites, it apparently confirmed whatI thought, because it is supposed to be 100% compatible to DVD players!
I have always used Imation disks, both -R and +Rs, and they have always given me 100% reliability in terms of data storage. However when it comes to video disks, apparently -R's work better than +R's.
Yes my DVD player is a newer one, bought in 2006 or so. Yes I know +R disks don't work in older players. Mine is supposed to.
Since I don't want to have to keep 2 different formats around, I guess from now on I will only be buying -R disks, since they work for everything that I want to do.
![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=9842ee1a-8861-4155-b214-de6a5cfc07ba)
19:04 by FoxTwo
The Difference Between DVD+R and DVD-R
What I have come to realise is that, there is a fundamental difference between the 2 formats - DVD+R and DVD-R, when it comes to producing a DVD-Video disk (those that you can play on a DVD player).
For the most part, and for most uses, there is functionally no difference between the 2 formats.
However, on my BENQ 1670 drive, the formats made a big difference when burning a DVD-Video disk. Those that are burnt on a DVD+R disk, even at 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x speed, does not play well on my DVD player. Midway through a movie, it would start to stall, and skip minutes of the movie due to the stalling. Sometimes it would introduce visual artifacts onto the screen. This made me worry that I might have a dirty lens and I cleaned it. It didn't help
However on a DVD-R disk, the video plays smooth, even at 16x burn speed. You can bet I was surprised, since functionally, there should be NO DIFFRENCE to an end-user.
Looking up tech websites, it apparently confirmed whatI thought, because it is supposed to be 100% compatible to DVD players!
I have always used Imation disks, both -R and +Rs, and they have always given me 100% reliability in terms of data storage. However when it comes to video disks, apparently -R's work better than +R's.
Yes my DVD player is a newer one, bought in 2006 or so. Yes I know +R disks don't work in older players. Mine is supposed to.
Since I don't want to have to keep 2 different formats around, I guess from now on I will only be buying -R disks, since they work for everything that I want to do.
